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View Poll Results: Ammo polls
I only shoot black powder loads	2	2.82%
I use smokeless powder low pressure	69	97.18%
Voters: 71. You may not vote on this poll

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08-22-2013, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave Noreen

Wish I knew for sure what kind of shells my Father was using in my Grandfather's 1890 vintage heavy PH-Grade 12-gauge, at King Lake, Minnesota, in October 1932 --

My gut feeling, from knowing what he used in my lifetime, is that they would have been Super-X, Nitro Express, etc.

Horrors! And the gun didn't blow up on him??? I hope none were smokeless powder that causes these weak Damascus barrels to unravel like a cheap sweater!

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